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Independent Dev Reports Over 80% Piracy Rate On DRM-Free Game

Posted by Soulskill on from the trust-rewarded dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Developer 2D Boy has written that they are seeing an 82% piracy rate for everyone's favorite DRM-free physics puzzler, World of Goo . Surprisingly, this rate is in-line with what they were expecting. The article also features a fascinating comparison with the piracy rate of another game that was shipped complete with DRM, at 92%. There seemed to be no major difference in the outcomes of the rate regardless of whether DRM was used or not ... well, no difference other than the cost to implement such nonsense."

3 of 422 comments (clear)

  1. Re:These numbers are misleading by mrsteveman1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    We can't let them get away with that, we must force them to play each game to the end, maybe with some kind of technological method?

  2. Re:Only sane conclusion by trytoguess · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Cause I don't know if I'll like till I played the whole thing!" Well, that's one rationale I heard...

  3. Just remember! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Pirating these games are okay as long as you buy a concert tee-shirt when these developers come to your town .... oh.